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GeekWire Startup Day: Two nationally-recognized ‘Entrepreneurs of the Year’ on-stage together

Porch CEO Matt Ehrlichman and Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price just were named “Entrepreneur of the Year” — Ehrlichman receiving… Read More

Porch makes another acqui-hire, brings on ex-Microsoft vets from Elemental Foundry

It’s been quite a month for Porch. The Seattle-based home-improvement data startup just last week released its mobile app, and… Read More

Guess who? USA Today’s 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year runs a Seattle startup

USA Today named its 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year today, and the winner is … Matt Ehrlichman, the CEO of Porch,… Read More

Porch launches first app, tests mobile scheduling and payment for home repair

Home improvement data startup Porch is launching its first app today, promising homeowners across the country the ability to connect quickly with Porch representatives… Read More

Porch offers professionals new dashboard to track their performance

Porch, the Seattle-based home improvement data startup, has given professional users a new set of tools to understand how they’re… Read More

Tech Moves: Daryn Nakhuda departs Porch; Allrecipes vet lands new gig at Avvo; and more

—There’s been a serious pipeline of talent flowing into Seattle startup Porch over the past year, with the company topping… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed home improvement marketplace Pro.com lands $14 million from Madrona, Maveron

Pro.com, the Seattle startup that’s looking to make it easier to find home improvement specialists, from plumbers and electricians to… Read More

Tech Moves: Evo Media names CEO; Seattle Angel Fund taps Preston to manage fund; and more

—Porch has picked up two new high-profile employees: Justin Vanning has left his role as Director of Growth Marketing at… Read More

Porch launches new features, discloses $33M in total funding, with Lowe’s as major investor

Porch, the Seattle-based home-improvement data startup, is marking its first year of operation today with a slate of new online… Read More

Fast-growing home improvement startup Porch acquires ValueAppeal

Porch is expanding its footprint. The fast-growing Internet company has acquired Seattle startup ValueAppeal, GeekWire has learned. Terms of the… Read More

Porch tops 200 people in one year, hires new CTO from Amazon

Less than a year after launching nationally, home improvement data startup Porch has grown 10-fold to more than 200 people —including… Read More

Tech Moves: Big Fish lures former PopCap CFO; Her Interactive names CEO; Pendrell’s new CFO; and more

—Big Fish just hooked a new finance chief. The Seattle casual games company today announced that Bob Chamberlain recently joined… Read More

Porch adds former Market Leader CEO Ian Morris to board

Ian Morris, the former CEO of real estate technology company Market Leader, has joined the board of directors of Porch,… Read More

Tech Moves: Joanna Lord jumps to Porch; Maggie Finch joins Mixpo board; and more

—Porch continues to pack in the entrepreneurial talent. The latest to join the fast-growing Seattle online home improvement startup is… Read More

Pro.com teams with Build.com to make pricing home renovations easier

Seattle startup Pro.com announced today that it has has teamed with online home improvement retailer Build.com to make it easy… Read More

Seattle startup Porch hires Paul Allen’s former tech advisor

Parag Garg, the former Amazon architect who worked briefly as Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s top tech adviser, has landed at Porch, the fast-growing… Read More

Here comes yet another marketplace to connect home owners with service providers: HouseCall raises $1.5 million

Home owners should have little trouble these days finding plumbers, house painters and other service providers to work on their… Read More

Tech Moves: Porch poaches engineering lead Nakhuda from Amazon; Apple’s PR chief retires; Twilio taps director; and more

—Seattle home improvement startup Porch has hired Daryn Nakhuda to be its director of growth engineering. Nakhuda will be charged with… Read More

Porch rolls out Lowe’s partnership nationally, reaching 1,700 stores

After a successful test in pilot markets, Seattle-based home-improvement data startup Porch has expanded its partnership with Lowe’s to all of the… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for Geekiest Office Space

Nerf gun wars, orange toilet paper, a cafeteria in a former bar, a great indoor putting green, and windows repurposed as whiteboards. Yes,… Read More

New ‘Porch Premium’ service helps home remodelers nab leads from competitors

Home-improvement data startup Porch this morning launched a new “Porch Premium” service that aims to give home remodelers, contractors and… Read More

Porch strikes deal with Realtor.com to deliver home-improvement reports

Home-improvement data startup Porch is partnering with Realtor.com to launch a new product, the “Porch Home & Neighborhood Report,” that… Read More

A peek inside Porch: Fast-growing Seattle startup quickly filling new HQ

Matt Ehrlichman wants to create the next major tech company in the Seattle region, and his company, Porch, is on its… Read More

Fast-growing Porch tops 100 employees, seeks new CTO, consolidates operations at new Seattle HQ

Seattle-based startup Porch, which last month landed a big partnership with home-improvement giant Lowe’s, has tripled in size to more than… Read More

Porch lands big Lowe’s partnership, laying foundation for growth

Porch, a Seattle-based startup attempting to upend the home-improvement industry, has entered into a strategic partnership with Lowe’s that will… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Real VP named GM of Urbanspoon: T-Mobile taps CIO; etc.

—Keela Robinson, a mobile industry veteran who previously worked at Amazon, WhitePages, RealNetworks and T-Mobile, has been named senior vice… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsofties join Amazon drone team; Skype CFO to Puppet Labs; Porch hires 3 execs

—It seems as though just about everyone has heard of Amazon’s audacious plan to deploy flying delivery drones. Some are… Read More

Meet the Seattle 10: These innovative startups are looking to change the world

Seattle is ripe with innovation. From aerospace to biotechnology to software to retail, startup companies in this moss-covered part of… Read More

Home improvement startup Porch.com is raising a huge financing round, lines up big-time backers

Last week on the GeekWire podcast, Porch CEO Matt Ehrlichman explained how he wants to build a very big company… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: iPhone 5S, iOS 7, and data-driven home improvement with Porch

Should you upgrade to the iPhone 5S? And is Apple’s iOS 7 worth the hassle of installing? We start this… Read More

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